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"andrew":185p4sr3 wrote:

"Saruman":185p4sr3 wrote: Yup, Indo was and this was before I heard about the capacity increase so he had to tell me and I gave him a response.
Not quite as professional as I would have liked but I was locked away installing a server today.[/quote:185p4sr3]

"A spokeperson for Beoir when contacted for a response said 'wah????'"[/quote:185p4sr3]

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More or less.

&amp;quot;andrew&amp;quot;:1fbjgtxb wrote: Question: When a beer is contract brewed, who takes the hit on the excise rebate limit- The brewery or the contractor?[/quote:1fbjgtxb]


Is the contractor not buying the beer from the brewer/bond holder?

&amp;quot;andrew&amp;quot;:1l4zw26l wrote: Question: When a beer is contract brewed, who takes the hit on the excise rebate limit- The brewery or the contractor?[/quote:1l4zw26l]I don't see how the contractor has any status in law. The law is only concerned with the production brewery. As oblivious says, a contract brewer is simply buying the beer from the people who made it. Who designed the recipe or shovelled the malt is immaterial for this purpose.

&amp;quot;matrim&amp;quot;:1l4zw26l wrote: Are there any Irish breweries that were close to the old limit who would now be looking to expand?[/quote:1l4zw26l]Yep, Carlow will be up beyond the 20k like a rat up a drainpipe -- they already have the capacity and probably the customers too.